Hurricane Melissa is rolling across the southern Bahamas as a weaker storm and will impact Bermuda on Thursday.

TRACKING MELISSA As Jamaica and Cuba deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, the storm is moving quickly toward the Bahamas. See the latest track⬇️

Hurricane Melissa made landfall Wednesday morning in Cuba as a powerful Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph.

Hurricane Melissa cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.

As of 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, Melissa was still a powerful Category 4 storm, with winds of 145 mph. The hurricane is centered about 15 miles east of Montego Bay and about 200 miles southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba. It is moving north-northeast at 8 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Melissa has left at least 34 dead in the Caribbean: eight in Jamaica, one in the Dominican Republican and 25 in Haiti, a lower total from an earlier count of 40. The number of reported deaths in Haiti often fluctuates early on following major natural disasters.